Latin America & Caribbean

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Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Zachary Porreca

Zachary Porreca

Department of Economics, West Virginia University

Maria Puolakkainen

Maria Puolakkainen

Graduate Student, University of Oxford

Sandra Quiñones

Sandra Quiñones

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Beatriz Quintero

Beatriz Quintero

Senior Program Manager, Pan American Development Foundation

Anna Beatriz Ramalho Gonçalves

Anna Beatriz Ramalho Gonçalves

Department of Penitentiary Administration, Brazil

Helidth Ravenholm

Helidth Ravenholm

Consultant, Culture Contact

David Restrepo

David Restrepo

Daniel Rincón Machón

Daniel Rincón Machón

University of Cambridge

Francesca Rispoli

Francesca Rispoli

University of Pisa

Renato Rivera

Renato Rivera

Pan American Development Foundation

Elizabeth SAENZ

Elizabeth SAENZ

Liaison Officer Geneva, UNODC

Carolina Sampó

Carolina Sampó

Associate Researcher, Conicet, Argentina

Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Instituto RIA

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Diana Siller

Diana Siller

Dr. Rashmi Singh

Dr. Rashmi Singh

PUC Minas

Zara Snapp

Zara Snapp

Co-founder, Instituto RIA

Isis Soto

Isis Soto

Attorney General's Office of Panama

Dr Peter Stoett

Dr Peter Stoett

Ontario Tech University

Camilo Tamayo Gomez

Camilo Tamayo Gomez

Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Huddersfield (UK)

Ian Tennant

Ian Tennant

Fund Manager & Vienna Multilateral Representative, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Paula Tobo

Paula Tobo

Andrea Varsori

Andrea Varsori

Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield

Luis Daniel Vazquez

Luis Daniel Vazquez

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Ana Velasco

Ana Velasco

Women In International Security

Talks

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Sandra Ley Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Markus Hochmüller

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Marco Antonelli Leo Lin Francesca Rispoli Camilo Tamayo Gomez Rossella Merlino

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Concepción Anguita Olmedo Adriana Abdenur Andrea Oelsner Carolina Sampó Marcos Alan Ferreira Mariano Bartolomé

Assistance to victims of trafficking in persons

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Livia Wagner Raquel Caspi Mayra Hernandez-Figueroa Gustavo Mauricio Bastien-Olvera

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Karina Garcia Reyes Eduardo Giralt

Partnerships for peace: Standing up against violence one destroyed weapon at a time

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Montserrat Deu Pons Laura-Lee Gillion Elba Chacon Héctor Carrillo

Cars, gold, and territories: Trends of organized crime in Brazil

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Janaina Maldonado Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança Carolina Grillo Luiz Guilherme Paiva Gabriel Feltran

Organized crime and corruption

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Ian Tennant Fernando Zarabozo Elizabeth SAENZ Tuesday Reitano

Organized crime and urban violence

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Maria Puolakkainen Zachary Porreca Andrea Julieth Pelaez Fausto Carbajal-Glass Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Organized crime in Brazil

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Alice Alves Casanova Gabriel Funari André Duffles Teixeira Aranega Andrea Varsori Camila Dias Giselle Florentino

Comparative perspectives on illicit crop economies and non-punitive rural drug policies

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Maria López-Uribe David Restrepo María Alejandra Vélez

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Camila Dias Arturo Alvarado Mendoza Sérgio Adorno Veronica Zubillaga

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Diorella Islas Ana Velasco Mario Abrego Estefania Bernal

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

02 December 2021, 02:30 AM
Zara Snapp Dawn Marie Paley Oswaldo Zavala Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Organized crime: Human trafficking, contraband and repression

02 December 2021, 02:30 AM
Maria Zuppello Mathew Charles Leo Lin Taciana Santos de Souza

Rio's 'jogo do bicho' [gambling] organisation: Brazil's unknown 'cosa nostra'

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Damian Platt Amy Chazkel Damián Zaitch John Dickie

Resilience as a prevention mechanism: Colombia

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM
Julie Peña Joshua Mitrotti Alejandro Cruz Juan Carlos Nieto Felipe Botero Ces Marianne

Ports

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Kristina Amerhauser Fatjona Mejdini Ruggero Scaturro Anna Sergi

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Karla Mendes Peter Stoett Delon Omrow Julius Kaka

Criminal dynamics and exploitation of communities in Chiapas and Chihuahua, Mexico

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
María Landa Livia Wagner Diana Siller

The path to the North: Migrant smuggling in the Darien region

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Jay Albanese Mariana Botero Restrepo Paula Tobo

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Mónica Meltis Gabriel Mondragón Toledo Luis Daniel Vazquez Olivia Leon Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Michael Chamberlin

Gender violence and organised crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 11:30 PM
Yael Anahí López Nayely Iturbe Daniela Cristóbal Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero

Trying to make it the enterprises, gangs, and people of the American drug trade

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Rebecca Wickes Christian Bolden Tim Lauger R. V. Gundur Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

Women in OCGs Latin America

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Elaine Carey Deborah Bonello Carolina Sampó